Trump admits he won't be able to make grocery prices go down

They listened to his 💩. But now we ALL have to pay the price. Foolish, dumb Amerikkkan rednecks.

Dan and Dee Plorable got out of their Barcoloungers, waddled out to their F350 SuperDuty Quad Cab that gets 8 miles/gallon, heaved their 400 pound bulks into the seats of the truck, and drove down to the local polling place (a block away) to vote for Donald and leave Cheetos dust on the voting both levers.

Only morons didn't see this coming.

But I sure bet he can make them go up!

They’ll only go higher once the non-documented agricultural workers are booted from the country.

There's a lot of things that scumbag is not going to be able to do. Stay tuned.

I've said this before and I'll say it again: Donald Trump knows how to win an election. He hasn't got a fucking clue how to run the government efficiently. See his botched response to COVID in 2020. Everything he did was a reaction without a scintilla of leadership. He couldn't even run his casinos without driving them into bankruptcy.

Given a choice between a candidate that acknowledged that the inflation in grocery prices was devastating and a candidate that claimed that inflation was down (by referring only to the current rate of additional inflation) and that the economy is great, voters are going to pick the former, even if the candidate can’t change it.

Harris had a golden opportunity to separate herself from the Biden administration by acknowledging how greatly the American people suffered from the inflation part of Bidenomics, but she chose to stick like glue to Biden and the administration.

The "eggs are $8" excuse was pure bullshit. These deplorotards all have boats, RVs, giant gas guzzler trucks, etc. I'm tired of hearing it.

When Trump crashes the economy, will they ever admit they were wrong? No, they'll just double down and find a way to blame Democrats. The best we can hope for is that they won't be motivated to vote next time.

Too bad Covid didn't kill more of these people.

It looks like Aaron Rupar (and OP) have been caught spreading disinformation again. People should already know not to trust him.

Dear R10: news flash, just because Trump thinks prices will go down, doesn't mean prices will go down.

Just like in March of 2020 when Trump said the COVID-19 virus would dissipate in the heat of the summer months of 2020. We all knew that was bullshit. Well, maybe gullible morons like you believed it because you desperately want to suck Trump's shit encrusted asshole.

[quote] People should already know not to trust him.

If you mean Trump, yes absolutely. There is absolutely zero chance that Trump is to be believed on anything at all, ever.

Thank goodness my job and childlessness gives me the freedom to buy $10 eggs. Let these people suffer.

Nobody asked him how he'd do it. He can just steal Kamala's plan I guess. But he won't because he's a corporate toady

"PPI, “Core” PPI, “Core Services” PPI Inflation Much Hotter after Whopper Up-Revisions Going Back Months by Wolf Richter • Dec 12, 2024 • 13 Comments The problem is in services, which account for 67% of PPI. But goods prices are re-accelerating too. The whole inflation scenario has changed".

So inflation is back with a bang and what does Trump want? LOWER interest rates. That's what brought it back, the Fed cutting rates. Trump is Wall Street, and Wall street wants cheap money. Trump knows perfectly well lower interest rates won't help consumers as he claims. He must think we're stupid? Can this be?

"He must think we're stupid?"

Well, 80 million sentient adults voted for this con artist/grifter/liar, so yes, he thinks we're stupid.

“Well, he hates the same people I do so I’ll pay $12 for bread. When bread was $5 under Biden, that was unacceptable because he said I was deplorable.”

Hell, donald learned the word "grocery" only recently, just in time for the Meet The Press interview.

You can always tell when he's acquired a new vocabulary word by his eagerness to share the discovery with you.

Oy!

As long as I don’t see a Mexican illegal tranny come out of the female restroom.

Of course. He knew it all along and fucked over everyone in the process

[quote] He can just steal Kamala's plan I guess.

I’m shocked by this statement. Kamala had a plan?

Riiiggghhtttt… next you’re going to be telling us they weren’t eating the dogs and the cats.

R18 Imagine not knowing what a grocery store is and having a bunch of con artists and mouthbreathers thinking you’re more relatable.

[quote] Given a choice between a candidate that acknowledged that the inflation in grocery prices was devastating and a candidate that claimed that inflation was down (by referring only to the current rate of additional inflation

Inflation is the change in prices so what you are saying is stupid and illiterate. Inflation does not mean the permanent increase in prices. Prices now are enormously higher than in 1924. That does not mean we have suffered from enormous inflation for 100 years. I am glad the democratic candidate did not share your stupidity

I keep wondering where these 10 dollar eggs are. They are 1.99 at my local Meijer 2.99 if I want cage free. Always have been.

Those $10 eggs are located in the deepest, darkest recesses of Deplorables seldom used minds, R25, right next to the Unicorn display and just across the aisle from the "America is a nation of God fearing Christians " bargain bin.

I keep wondering why Gas prices did not immediately plummet since everyone blamed the high prices on Biden.

It was an obviously ridiculous claim when the former Border Czar sqwauked it.

I am just wondering what ma and pa kettle will say when food prices go up due to tariffs, farmers get trillion dollar bail outs...again...gas prices don't go back down to 1.99 a gallon and health insurance prices skyrocket when they dismantle the ACA (sorry back to lifetime caps on medical pay outs and getting you kids of your insurance at 16 again - oh an pre-existing conditions so you can never leave your current job) all while Trump and the GOP think tanks dismantle the US government and democracy.

So, in other words R10, Trump doesn’t even understand what the problem is.

It will never get better. He’ll say it’s gotten better and none of his supporters will call him out on it.

That would require actual work, R14.

Even though groceries have in fact gone up again, the problem is in core services, which account for 67% of PPI ( Producer Price Index).

Core services are every single thing BESIDES food and energy.

That's rent, cars, durable goods, services, EVERYTHING other than groceries and energy. This is the massive category that's INFLATED

His people are happy to take whatever he hands them-high prices-low bars.

And especially the US media won't call him out on it, R30.

But if Kamala doesn't issue a 300 page, single space report on it, the NY Times et al are all over her like flies to Trump's shit filled diaper.

I posted this in the other thread, but it bears repeating.

Listen to George Orwell in "1984":

[quote]“In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality, was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense. And what was terrifying was not that they would kill you for thinking otherwise, but that they might be right. For, after all, how do we know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind itself is controllable—what then?”

His supporters really just that childlike. I overheard a discussion of how expensive oranges were. One of the women, who is a Trump supporter, said, “Just wait till January and that will change.” As if Trump can issue an executive order against inflation that Biden was too feckless to issue.

I got in a discussion with a lady who is convinced the US is in a second great depression but Trump will pull us out of it. They are in a cult that ignores reality R36.

They want smaller Christian government with laws for everyone they don’t like.

[quote]Trump admits he won't be able to make grocery prices go down

That's not what he said at all.

But do go on.

Get used to a whole bunch of backpedaling when nothing promised is accomplished.

As we come to year end some things stand out: The apparent softening of the Senate to Trump's picks, Trump seeming tired, and an army of incompetents about to invade Washington. META and the other big companies giving the transition $1M is also a sign of kissing the ring. I hope everyone gets some rest because it's not really being set up to be smooth.

[quote]Listen to George Orwell in "1984":

We saw that when the Biden administration told the huge lie that the runaway inflation was "transitory", and then people on DL mindlessly repeated it as if it were true. It's like they were in a cult.

Dear MAGAts:

[quote] Harris had a golden opportunity to separate herself from the Biden administration by acknowledging how greatly the American people suffered from the inflation part of Bidenomics, but she chose to stick like glue to Biden and the administration.

I think we see now that this was only part of the reason Harris didn't win. Not everyone who voted for Trump did so because they believed anything he said. They just could not countenance a Black woman as president.

[quote]They just could not countenance a Black woman as president.

Do you say that because that mythology is easier to accept than the truth?

R42, except inflation did go down. It went from like 9% to 2%

[quote] Do you say that because that mythology is easier to accept than the truth?

I've already had two drinks, so I'll bite...what is the truth, dear?

R10, you clearly didn't read the quote. Nothing I said was wrong.

R8, inflation was a problem everywhere due to post-Covid issues, we actually have less inflation than lots of other places. But Republicans like you whine about "Bidenflation" even though we have the best economy in the world

Wow, he finally said something that's not a lie.

Tariffs will immediately increase prices. People going along with Trump know this and apparently don’t care.

His campaign promise to lower grocery bills was total bullshit. It's extremely difficult to roll back down prices, unless you pass regulations that restrict price increases or limit the profit margin by companies.

Tariffs will be paid by corporations and passed onto the consumers - inflationary.

Closing the borders so that no immigrants can come in will cause a drop in lower wage workers - inflationary.

Deporting millions of migrants, illegal and legal, will also cause a drop in lower wage workers - inflationary.

Tax breaks to the corporations and the rich - Also inflationary.

[quote]Trump admits he won't be able to make grocery prices go down

This is HUGE news. It should be headlines for the next week. This is the main reason he got elected...because the deplorable MAGAts couldn't afford the price of eggs.

Trump lied. Whether the public knew he was lying or not, Trump should be slammed constantly by the media for admitting that he won't be able to make grocery prices go down.

“Can you imagine such a novel word….. gross-ery….” 🤡

Universe, please, make Trump poor.

R25, i posted threads this past year wondering if I were the only person not affected by the “inflation”. I’m poor by most measures, yet economized and couldn’t afford nearly every single food I needed the past year and a half

The trick is to buy something that goes a long way. A whole chicken, for example gives you a lot of meals after roasting. You can make chicken sandwiches with the leftovers as well as chicken tacos. You can use the carcass to make chicken soup with the broth (skim the fat that rises to the top). Just throw in celery, carrots and onions to the broth. Round that out with noodles or rice to add to the broth.

Well R39, please enlighten those of us who obviously misunderstood what he was saying during his interview. Because that is exactly what he said.

I’ve done that for years. Which means my grocery prices are always low. But tariffs will be placed on EVERY THING

Tariffs suck but you can get creative and survive. Potatoes alone will keep you alive. Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Potatoes are good for you. Not to live off of them alone, but more potatoes and less bread and crackers probably would have some benefit.

Going back a couple of weeks...there was a record number of Americans traveling (especially airline travel) during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

And just three weeks before that on election day, these same stupid fucking assholes were complaining they couldn't afford groceries.

And now they still supposedly won't be able to afford groceries, but Christmas sales will probably be at record highs.

Is there an equation at all with Americans eating too many calories and vegetables often being more money than other developed countries? It seems like cutting out boxed stuff and wisely picking more whole foods (not the store but 1 ingredient foods) saves you money.

I guess that’s tricky. Boxed stuff can be economical like rice, oatmeal, pasta in moderation. Maybe boxed foods with marketing overhead.

"Listen to George Orwell in "1984"

When all I heard from Kamala was something about a middle class and that Liz Cheney is great, but nothing about ending billionaires and universal healthcare. Or when I'm not sure that "men give birth " and "women have penises".

I want to see a hot male advocating universal healthcare but who hasn't already killed a CEO. That's my vote.

“I’m not a hot, youthful man, but I’ve talked about billionaires every breathing moment I have and no one cares.”

Republicans run on their values while running hate campaigns. Democrats run on a watered down version of their values while maintaining superficial niceties.

R7 Same exact thing I always say.

hate and lies won the election

R63 Americans eat a lot of salty snack food and frozen dinners. Both are expensive.

R70 Yes, I mean there are cheap options but it’s largely crap now. I mean you can buy just peanuts I guess or pretzels, and those aren’t the absolute worst. But those frozen meals like Banquet and Michelina’s 🤮.

Trump is a fucking lying criminal who belongs in prison.

Groceries are high. That’s the simple reality. Working class people aren’t out to get Dems. Shit is fucking high. Everything is high, not just groceries.

R72 I know.

I’ll say you can hack your housing if your work situation allows it, groceries can be somewhat hacked but good lord health insurance.

Let them eat cake:

Time Magazine: "If the prices of groceries don't come down, will your presidency be a failure?"

"I don't think so. Look, they got them up. I'd like to bring them down. It's hard to bring things down once they're up. You know, it's very hard. But I think that they will. I think that energy is going to bring them down. I think a better supply chain is going to bring them down. You know, the supply chain is still broken. It's broken. You see it. You go out to the docks and you see all these containers. And I own property in California, in Palos Verdes. They're very nice. And I passed the docks, and I've been doing it for 20 years. I've never seen anything like it. You know, for 17 years, I saw containers and, you know, they'd come off and they'd be taken away—big areas, you know, you know, in that area, you know, where they have the big, the big ships coming in—big, the port. And I'd see this for years as I was out there inspecting property and things, because they own a lot in California. And I look down and I see containers that are, that are 12, 13, 14 containers. You wouldn't believe they can hold each other. It's like crazy. No, the supply chain is is broken. I think a very bad thing is this, what they're doing with the cars. I think they lost also because of cars. You know, there are a lot of reasons, but the car mandate is a disaster. The electric, the EV mandate."

[quote]I think that energy is going to bring them down. I think a better supply chain is going to bring them down.

Regarding prices, let's hope it works.

R53 Expensive groceries are one thing. But expensive groceries and standing in line behind a tranny is too much a cross to bear.

God he's a fucking moron. He can't ramble more than 3 thoughts without patting himself on his own fetid, diapered ass. "I own property in California". He's like the worst coke head you ever knew

How the fuck did this thing happen? AGAIN!

I'll be asking that question till the day I die.

I declare, LOWER PRICES!

Ha ha - eggs at my Kroger, 18 of em went to $5.99! Last week it was 2 dollars lower.

MAGAts moved the goal posts again - Groceries were never supposed to be cheap! YAY!

[quote]Ha ha - eggs at my Kroger, 18 of em went to $5.99! Last week it was 2 dollars lower.

If you are a company like Kroger, it would make sense to continue to raise prices as high as you can while Biden is still in office, knowing that he will continue not to do anything about it.

What idiotic thing should a president do about the price of eggs?

Shweating, shlurring, promishing the moon... (31:00 mark).